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Just a pleb trying to raise a family in a crazy world. Get on zero (fiat) and use Fold as your bank to earn Bitcoin rewards. https://use.foldapp.com/r/CLARKIAN Opt out of the broken healthcare/insurance system with CrowdHealth https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/?referral_code=EA6MGH Maybe you want some cookies? https://plebeian.market/products/30018:fa0978a80fbc3e60965cee0b7be4136f04accc0cafe65cb4b0c5d23c2059baa1:oatmeal-raisin-cookie-w29apklj51

Happy birthday and congrats! Hurry up and help populate the earth with non-retards.

I put my book down for two seconds and this guy gets all up ons

Replying to Quackman

Apart from my wife, I have no bitcoiners in meatspace to relate this to, so I’m just gonna leave this here. No one will probably read it, but I just want to get this off my chest. Who knows, maybe it will do some good and inspire someone.

I think one of the most underestimated aspects of bitcoin is how it secretly spills over into other parts of your life. Yes, bitcoin is money in the digital age, yes, it’s a finite black hole that will absorb other asset classes, yes, inflation is theft, yes, it can make a median income earner a massive millionaire when done right. But the most underrated aspect in my eyes, and this is propagated by fellas like nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx and nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs, is it made me realize how insanely valuable my time is.

When this realization occurred, I made it my number one priority to optimize for my time. So while working the fiat mines for the better part of the last decade, every time I earned a promotion or got a better job, my aim was not to earn more, but spend less time earning the same.

Yes, I could have spent more time in the mines and easily earned 2x of what I did, bought more of the coin with said earnings and be a rich fella with a much bigger car and a much bigger house by now, but you know what? Fuck that!

In stead, I got to be there for my parents, my wife and my kids, take care of them, watch them grow, do volunteer work in the local community, and pursue my hobbies, all while showing the kids that it’s OK to work for a living and contribute to society, and that it’s not normal to get retirement-rich off some crazy bet in your younger years.

Understanding the value of my time, thanks to studying bitcoin, was a life altering moment for me, and I am forever grateful for this realization. No amount of money, bitcoin or otherwise, is worth this lesson learned and the life and experiences it provided.

Who knows, with this in mind, you can look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself the extremely confrontational question: what am I doing with my time?!

Sats for you, brother. Hope you find some meat space Bitcoiner brothers to hang with.

Every few months, I find myself thinking

"nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx was right"

This time, it's about Joe Squawk having the best Bitcoin podcast in the world.

Best Bitcoin podcaster

:impressiveverynice:

I know Start9 is working on their own router. Probably going to be another 2 years though

Weird. I go to app to check offers. It sends me to website. It asks me for email of my account. It sends me email with authentication code. I enter the code but it just clears out the field and refreshes the page. Endless loop, it seems

Replying to 29122de5...

π“π‘πž 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 π‹π¨πšπ§ π“π«πšπ© & 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐁𝐒𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐒𝐧 π…π’π±πžπ¬ 𝐈𝐭 🌍

Around the world, millions turn to payday loans when they’re short on cash.

But what seems like a quick fix often becomes a trap that’s hard to escape.

Here’s how payday loans work, and why Bitcoin can help:

π–π‘πšπ­ 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 π₯𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐬?

Payday loans are short-term, high-interest loans meant to help people until their next paycheck.

With interest rates skyrocketing to 300%-500% APR, these loans often do far more damage than relief, trapping borrowers in cycles of relentless debt.

π“π‘πž 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩:

Borrowers often struggle to repay the loan in full, leading to rollovers with additional fees. This creates a debt spiral that’s nearly impossible to escape.

𝐖𝐑𝐨’𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝?

Payday loans disproportionately impact:

β€’ Low-income individuals

β€’ Those without access to traditional credit

β€’ People facing emergencies

These loans often prey on those who need financial help the most, pushing them deeper into debt.

π“π‘πž 𝐫𝐨π₯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐒𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐒𝐧

Bitcoin is changing the game by offering a decentralized, permissionless financial system.

Instead of predatory practices, Bitcoin-backed loans provide:

β€’ Low-cost loan alternatives

β€’ No credit checks

β€’ The ability to maintain your wealth

By using #Bitcoin as collateral, individuals excluded from the traditional banking system can access the funds they need without falling victim to predatory practices.

Bitcoin empowers individuals to break free from predatory financial systems, creating new opportunities for financial freedom.

Wen Alabama?

Same story. Different millennium. #bitcoin

Got approached by one of those salesmen in a Target while in California on a road trip. I told him I definitely wasn't interested in what he was selling, but thought to try and drop some small orange pills. Told him I'd send him bitcoin equal to the dollar amount of whatever his commission would be if he'd listen to a short pitch and download a wallet (I had him get Strike app from nostr:nprofile1qqsvf646uxlreajhhsv9tms9u6w7nuzeedaqty38z69cpwyhv89ufcqpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp08we5fd and sign up) and then text me.

He texted me several days later. I sent him the sats.

5 months later he randomly texts me again to thank me. It doesn't take much. Keep evangelizing the orange coin, folks.

#bitcoin #orangepill

I haven't looked too much into German cars, we've had all Honda's and Mazdas. Any models/years of SUV or sedan you recommend?

Middle child passed her road test! But now I have to seriously look into cars again...

Taking my middle child to get driver's license. Prayers welcome

At a Cake concert. They performed War Pigs. How many people here you think will vote for the more pro-war party this November?

True. However we could possibly vote to have the boot lifted from our necks, just a bit. A brief moment of weakness to the regime may allow for openings in their defense.